Fairfax County officials are pushing to adopt a unique tool for combating alcohol-related crime — a device that constantly monitors the sweat of habitual alcohol offenders. Secure Continuous Remote ...

My day with the unsleeping snitch began one afternoon at a nondescript building next to the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg. Alex Reid, kneeling like a shoe salesman, tugged a rubber strap ...

The Montgomery County Probation Department wants to purchase ankle monitors that would repeatedly measure the blood-alcohol content of convicted drunken drivers. County Probation Director Lucille ...

If you appear in court on a drunken-driving charge, the judge may tell you to SCRAM. That’s SCRAM, a registered trademark that stands for Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor. It’s another ...

The Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitor, or SCRAM, is an alcohol-monitoring device that detects whether an offender drinks a small, moderate or substantial amount of alcohol. How SCRAM works An ...